Viking warriors, great battles, terrible monsters, and powerful gods. All of these images come to mind when one thinks about the Norse Myths. But where did these myths come from, and how did they change both in their interpretation and perception over time? Like most questions there is not a simple answer, Work on later To understand the origins of Norse Mythology, one must look at its stylistic predecessor in the Old Germanic beliefs. Tacitus, a Roman historian who lived between the 1st and 2nd century, made several writings about the Germanic tribes and their beliefs 1. Among them he dedicated sections to the mythologies of the various tribes. The chief similarity he found between them were that three specific gods were the most worshiped,
